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HOME THOUGHTS AT SUNSET
FROM PRAFONDAZ, LEYSIN
From Dent du Midi fades her roseate hue,
Leman's rare witchery can no more prolong
The mirrored daylight; pale Rhone moves among
Dim fields and mountain walls of solid blue;
The last sweet bird is silent, but for you
The thrush shall fill another hour with song;
The sun with you is shining, here a throng
Of angel presences, the stars, peep through.
Leman's rare witchery can no more prolong
The mirrored daylight; pale Rhone moves among
Dim fields and mountain walls of solid blue;
The last sweet bird is silent, but for you
The thrush shall fill another hour with song;
The sun with you is shining, here a throng
Of angel presences, the stars, peep through.
The lingering glory of the sunset bars
O'er Jura's range has passed upon its way,
But brightens over England: which were best,
Eyes held on Earth by still unended day,
Or hearts caught up to commune with the stars—
A longer waking, or an earlier rest?
O'er Jura's range has passed upon its way,
But brightens over England: which were best,
Eyes held on Earth by still unended day,
Or hearts caught up to commune with the stars—
A longer waking, or an earlier rest?
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